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{{Wikipedia|Epsilon Indi}} | {{Wikipedia|Epsilon Indi}} | ||
{{Stellar | {{Stellar Infobox | ||
|name=Epsilon Indi | |name = Epsilon Indi | ||
|image=[[ | |image = | ||
|constellation = [[Wikipedia:Indus|Indus]] | |||
|distance = 12 light-years | |||
|distance= | |type = K5V | ||
|type= | |magnitude = 4.83 | ||
|magnitude= | |bodies = 5 | ||
|bodies=1 [[asteroid]] belt<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 92''</ref> | |asteroids = 1 [[asteroid]] belt<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 92''</ref> | ||
|affiliation = [[Unified Earth Government]] | |||
|affiliation=[[Unified Earth Government]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Epsilon Indi system''', designated '''UC-901-9081''' by the [[Forerunner]]s, | The '''Epsilon Indi system''', designated '''UC-901-9081''' by the [[Forerunner]]s,<ref name="Catalog"/> is a planetary system that consists of the star Epsilon Indi and five planets orbiting it,<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 80''</ref> all in close orbit, one of which, [[Harvest]], was habitable.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 32''</ref> Described as being approximately six weeks away from the nearest human colony [[Madrigal]], and slightly more than two months from [[Reach]], it is at the edges of [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]]-controlled space. The system's star has the second highest proper motion (second only to 61 Cygni) of any naked eye star, or possibly the third highest, since the magnitude 6.4 [[Groombridge 1830 system|Groombridge 1830]] is a naked eye star under exceptionally dark skies.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Epsilon Indi|'''Wikipedia:''' ''Epsilon Indi'']]</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The system later was part of the Forerunner [[ecumene]] prior to the activation of the [[Halo Array]]; the Forerunners built an unknown number of structures on Harvest.<ref name="Catalog"/><ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]'''</ref> Epsilon Indi was colonized by the [[Unified Earth Government]] in [[2468]]. The fact that Harvest was habitable without any [[terraforming]] necessary was enough to elicit a colonization effort to a such faraway world. At eleven light-years from [[Earth]], Epsilon Indi is not the most linearly distant star system in human territory; however, a combination of propaganda and the vagaries of [[slipspace]] travel led to it being declared the farthest-flung system in UEG space.<ref name="Catalog"/> A population of 3,000,000 citizens was ultimately established on Harvest and an orbital platform was built for exporting and importing goods. | |||
In 2525, the [[Covenant]] discovered the system. It was humanity's first contact with the Covenant and after a [[First Battle of Harvest|violent first contact]], the Covenant [[Glassing|glassed]] most of the surface. In [[2526]], the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] took place in the system and the UNSC took it back from the Covenant. | In 2525, the [[Covenant]] discovered the system. It was humanity's first contact with the Covenant and after a [[First Battle of Harvest|violent first contact]], the Covenant [[Glassing|glassed]] most of the surface. In [[2526]], the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] took place in the system and the UNSC took it back from the Covenant. | ||
The Covenant [[Harvest campaign|attacked again]] later in the same year and were not driven off from the system by UNSC forces until [[2531]]. | The Covenant [[Harvest campaign|attacked again]] later in the same year and were not driven off from the system by UNSC forces until [[2531]]. As of [[2553]], it is unclear who currently possesses the Epsilon Indi system. Planet Harvest is dead, and so neither the UNSC nor the Covenant has any real tactical value for the system, short of orbital resources that are likely easier to find than in one of the most remote star systems from Earth. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
The real Epsilon Indi is | *A system by the name Epsilon Indi exists in real life,<ref>http://www.solstation.com/stars/eps-indi.htm</ref> but it is only 11 light years from [[Earth]], whereas Epsilon Indi in ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' is not given an exact distance from anywhere but is described to be the furthest outer colony world, six weeks away from Madrigal, which is approximately 84 light years away from Sol, and two months from Reach, which is 10.5 light years from Sol. [[Catalog#Trivia|Catalog]] explained this discrepancy as resulting from both major differences between the topologies of normal space and non-Euclidean slipspace as well as "[propaganda] considerations" during humanity's colonial expansion.<ref name="Catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969317_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969317 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2969317)]</ref> | ||
*The real-life Epsilon Indi system is widely considered one of the most likely to have planets that can support life. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | ||
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo 4]]'' | *''[[Halo 4]]'' <small>(Simulation only)</small> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Planetary | [[Category:Planetary Systems]] | ||
